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Originally Posted by kennyc
Do you have data/references to back that up? Links? Studies?
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I suspect that, objectively, the US has banned more books than any other country, because we probably *have* more books, and more government-supported libraries, than any other country. (Consider: every public school library is a government project; refusing to carry a book because of "offensive" content, rather than just lack of appeal to the age group, is a form of censorship.)
More libraries, more publishers, more bookstores = more bannings. I don't think we're more restrictive than, for example, Islamic countries; I think they haven't banned as many specific books as just not bothered to figure out how to bring them in.
Harlequin romances might be banned in many parts of the world--except that they're just not published in those languages.